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March 11, 2006
Don't Drink the Water
Today I went to a baby shower. At this shower, most of the people who attended either had young children, were pregnant, or were trying to get pregnant. I think that it was something in the water, so I would only drink the bottled water. That I did, I had four bottles there to go with the bottle that I drank on the drive up and the water that I've been drinking constantly all day. Baby showers are never that much fun to me-I'm not in any position to even think about kids and I'm clueless about baby stuff. I do find it disturbing that I now have one click ordering at Babies R Us, something that someone with no thoughts of children should have.
So, I'm pretty much freaking out about the race tomorrow. I got a great night of sleep last night, which is a good thing. I remember my high school coach telling us that the night that really mattered wasn't the night before the race, but two nights before a big race. I went to bed at a decent hour and slept in this morning. According to her theory, tonight's sleep doesn't matter that much, but I'm still going to try to get a good night tonight.
The main reason that I'm freaking out was how terrible I felt this morning when I did get out to run. I wore my heart rate monitor to make sure that I ran very easy, kind of like I did on Wednesday. It probably wasn't such a good idea this morning, becuase it has me worried. Even though I was trying to run as slow as I possibly could while still making forward progress, my heart rate was alarmingly high. This could be because I'm excited about the race, or it could be because I'm still sick. I don't feel too sick right now, but when I blew my nose this morning some nice solid stuff came out. This might be good-it might be getting rid of whatever is left. Whatever the case, I've been drinking extra water, taking Vitamin C, and drinking AirBorn. I don't know if the stuff works, but it can't really hurt either.
This morning's four mile run that was going to be five miles, took me over an hour. On the way back I ran into a former training partner who was out walking her son. I stopped and talked to her for a while. About a mile later, I saw one of my biggest supporters washing his car, so I stopped and talked to him for a long time. I haven't seen him in a long time since it really isn't race season and he hasn't been able to make it up to the track this year. It was really warm for a March morning, which it will be as well tomorrow. It could rain, but that doesn't bother me i it's warm. I felt awful, but it could be from trying to back off of what feels natural.
I got a cell message from J, but didn't get to talk to him. He just reminded me to stick to my race plan and to have fun. I have a plan, not as scientfic as what some people have, but I know what to do. Two of the guys who I train with want to run the same time as I do, but I'm running my own race. Neither of these two guys is very good at doing that, so I don't want to get sucked into what they do. I'm pretty sure what the eventual outcome will be, and J agreed with me on that.
Tonight I need to eat a good dinner since my lunch at the shower was pretty small. I'll also soak in the cold tub, with or without ice, something that I usually do the night before an important race. If I still feel congested in the morning, I'll take a steam shower before leaving to get the gunk out of my lungs, such a nice thing to do.
Posted by Blondie at March 11, 2006 05:08 PM
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Hey. I don't know if you'll get this before the race. I hope it goes well. Have a GREAT time!!!
-Audrey-
Posted by: Audrey at March 12, 2006 12:06 AM